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Dark Star
MEANRANK
60/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 44, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 74. Critics average 70, everyone else 58.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The crew of the starship Dark Star, on a decades-long mission to destroy unstable planets, battles profound boredom and a malfunctioning ship. Their mundane existence is complicated by a sentient bomb that debates existential philosophy and a alien creature that is more pet than threat. The story explores the absurdity of deep-space travel as the crew attempts to maintain their sanity and complete their mission against increasingly ridiculous odds.
Details
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Writers
- Dan O'Bannon, John Carpenter
- Released
- 30 March 1974
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Rated
- G
- Budget
- $60.0K
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